This past summer, I worked as a junior guide in an Orvis-endorsed shop in Idaho, and I learned from the senior guides the effects of global warming on the sport.Beforeo working in Idaho, I believed climate change would have minimal impact on fishing in a state in the Pacific Northwest. However, this belief was completely misplaced. The Senior guides taught me how vital the snowpack was to fishing and the local ecosystem. They taught me that the seasonal snow was the lifeblood for the local fishery (and flyfishing) and that if that winter snow turned to rain due to rising temperatures (which results in irregular stream flows), it would be catastrophic for the fish. The guides then explained that the small rivers in their community had already felt the effects of climate change for reasons I explain in this blog. This surprised me, and I wanted to research these issues further. In addition, I found this newly-acquired information so interesting that I decided to make a blog to share this information (and additional information I find) with the rest of the community.